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MEMORIAL 

the  Class  of  1901 

founded  by 

HARLAN  HOYT  HORNER 

and 

HENRIETTA  CALHOUN  HORNER 


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The  color  of  the  ground  was  in  him  the  red  earth; 

The  smell  and  smack  of  elemental  things; 

The  rectitude  and  patience  of  the  cliff; 

The  good' will  of  the  rain  that  loves  all  leaves; 

The  friendly  welcome  of  the  wayside  well; 

The  courage  of  the  bird  that  dares  the  sea; 

The  gladness  of  the  wind  that  shakes  the  corn; 

The  mercy  of  the  snow  that  hides  all  scars; 

The  secrecy  of  streams  that  make  their  way 

Beneath  the  mountain  to  the  rifted  rock; 

That  gives  as  freely  to  the  shrinking  flower 

As  to  the  great  oak  flaring  to  the  wind 

To  the  grave's  low  hill  as  to  the  Matterhorn 

That  shoulders  out  the  sky. 

— Edwin  Marram. 


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hile  men  have  feet  to  move  them,  they  will  visit  the  shrines  of  those  they 
admire.  Hero  worship  is  as  old  as  mankind.  It  is  ingrained.  Essentially  it  is  an 
act  of  worship.  By  many  faiths  it  is  enjoined  upon  the  faithful.  The  Moham- 
medan visits  the  sacred  stone  at  Mecca.  For  almost  two  thousand  years,  men 
have  been  making  their  devotions  where  the  Master  trod.  Canterbury  Tales,  one  of  the 
earliest  of  the  classics  in  the  English  tongue,  deals  with  a  pilgrimage  to  a  shrine,  already 
famous  in  the  year  1375. 

The  millions  who  trek  yearly  to  Europe,  seek  the  shrines  of  religion,  art  and  history.  The 
Old  World  long  since  learned  the  importance  of  treasuring  the  places  where  Michel- 
angelo, Shakespeare,  Rembrandt,  Napoleon,  Wagner,  Frederick  the  Great,  William  of 
Orange,  and  so  many  others  made  history. 

Other  millions,  who  with  increasing  zeal,  fare  forth  each  year  at  home,  are  coming  to  know 
the  places  Franklin,  Washington,  Jefferson,  Jackson  and  Lincoln — to  mention  only  a 
group  of  statesmen — have  hallowed  by  services  to  their  countrymen.  Of  all  the  American 
group,  it  is  interesting  to  learn,  Lincoln  is  far  in  the  lead,  both  in  the  matter  of  interest, 
and  the  number  of  places  that  are  dedicated  to  some  act  of  his. 

With  the  single  notable  exception  of  southern  Indiana,  where  he  spent  the  fourteen  years 
of  the  formative  period  of  youth,  no  great  event  of  his  life  is  without  a  memorial. 

George  Washington  had  been  dead  sixty-six  years  when  Lincoln  died.  Washington 
memorials  are  still  being  erected  from  time  to  time,  but  in  the  less  than  sixty-six  years  that 
have  intervened  since  Lincoln's  death,  memorials  to  him  not  only  have  wiped  out  the 
difference  in  years,  that  favored  the  Father  of  his  Country,  but  have  eclipsed  in  numbers, 
and  every  way,  all  who  in 
any  way  might  be  considered 
compeers. 


Lincoln  was  only  one  of  three 
martyred  Presidents  of  the 
United  States.  He  was  only 
one  of  three  war  Presidents. 
Yet  neither  a  war  record,  nor 
a  martyr's  death  has  been 
able  for  the  others  to  stir  the 
public  imagination  to  the 
end  that  shrines  should  de- 
velop from  it,  as  has  the 
career  of  Lincoln. 

Writers  generally  agree  that 
it  was  the  man's  great  hu- 


Famous   Gutzon   Borglum  figure   of 

Lincoln    at    J^lewar\,    A[eu>    Jersey, 

which  attracts  visitors  from  far  and 

near.  Unveiled  iqii. 


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-Photo  by  Chicago  Historical  Society 


St.   Gaudens   well'l{nown   memorial,   adorns  Lincoln   Par\,   Chicago 
and  is  greatly  admired. 


manity,  his  simplicity,  his  lack  of  self-seeking,  his  extreme  honesty,  in  a  word,  those 
plain  virtues,  enjoined  on  all  men,  but  exemplified  by  so  few,  that  have  made  him  the 
universal  hero. 

Memorials  to  Lincoln  take  all  shapes  and  forms.  Not  only  splendid  temples  in  classic  pre 
portion  and  line,  not  only  monuments  and  shafts,  marbles  and  bronzes,  but  parks,  and 
schools,  colleges  and  universities,  trails  and  roads,  motor  cars  and  hotels,  libraries  and 
lodges,  and  the  ubiquitous  stamps  and  one-cent  pieces,  perpetuate  his  name. 

Not  all  of  these  uses  of  the  name  Lincoln  can  be  freed  from  a  selfish  purpose.  Not  all  of 
them  represent  a  shrine.  Not  all  invite  the  visitor  from  afar.  But  they  do  show  the  hold 
that  Lincoln  has  on  the  popular  imagination.  They  do  show  that  neither  usage  nor  age 
stale  the  interest  in  the  subject.  They  do  prove,  whatever  rank  history  may  give  to  George 
Washington,  human  affection  has  given  first  place  to  Abraham  Lincoln. 

This  is  sufficient  reason  why  his  memorials  outnumber  those  of  any  other  American,  that 
is  why  any  spot  truly  associated  with  his  life  becomes  a  shrine  which  increasing  thousands 
will  want  to  know  and  visit.  That  is  why  remote  places,  which  can  not  claim  any  connec- 
tion with  his  actual  life,  still  perpetuate  his  memory  in  bronze  and  marble,  and  men  and 
women  come  from  afar  to  see  and  to  admire  them. 

The  life  of  Abraham  Lincoln  falls  broadly  into  four  divisions :  His  birth  and  childhood, 
spent  in  Kentucky;  his  youth  and  early  manhood,  spent  in  southern  Indiana;  his  grown- 


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-Photo  by  Commission  Fine  Arts.  Washington,  D.  C. 


The  nation  s  memorial  to  Lincoln,  built  in  Washington 
at  a  cost  of  $3,000,000. 


life  and  professional  career,  spent  in  Illinois;  and  the  years  of  service  and  statesmanship, 
spent  in  Washington,  D.  C.  One  would  expect  the  leading  memorials  to  be  at  these  points, 
and  they  are,  with  the  exception  that  nothing  but  a  couple  of  small  stone  markers  yet  dis' 
tinguish  his  Indiana  haunts  and  that  spot  sacred  to  him,  the  burial  place  of  his  mother. 

But  Lincoln  memorials  are  not  confined  to  those  states. 

Including  Kentucky  and  Illinois,  a  partial  list  shows  fourteen  states  and  more  than  thirty 
cities  and  towns  in  this  country  and  at  least  three  cities  in  Europe,  where  have  been 
erected  memorials,  of  sufficient  merit  to  cause  persons  to  visit  them  from  afar.  These  have 
ranged  in  cost  from  $15,000  to  $3,000,000. 

Equally  as  interesting  is  the  democracy  from  which  funds  for  them  have  come.  The  very 
first  contribution  on  record  was  from  a  slave,  given  the  day  after  the  assassination.  Old 
soldiers  have  given,  of  course,  school  children,  probably  numbering  at  least  a  million,  have 
by  pennies,  nickels  and  dimes,  added  in  the  aggregate  large  sums.  The  several  state  legisla- 
tures  and  the  federal  Congress  have  supplied  other  large  sums.  Particularly  have  men  of 
wealth  and  vision  with  substantial  contributions  shown  their  desire  to  keep  alive  the 
memory  of  Lincoln.  Most  of  the  truly  great  statues  of  Lincoln  have  some  such  connections. 

Intriguing  is  the  range  of  artistic  talent  that  has  found  expression  in  the  many  public 
monuments  to  Lincoln.  Practically  every  great  sculptor  of  the  last  half-century  has  done 
a  Lincoln  and  many  have  essayed  the  task,  who  but  for  that  effort,  would  never  have  been 
handed  down  to  posterity. 


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The  outstanding,  great  memorials  are  at  Washington,  on  the  banks  of  the  Potomac,  a 
work  of  such  impressive  beauty  and  magnitude  that  any  casual  effort  at  description  is 
quite  futile;  the  memorial  at  Hodgenville,  Kentucky,  near  which  point  Lincoln  was  born, 
and  the  tomb  at  Springfield,  Illinois.  These  three  are  utterly  dissimilar. 

The  Washington  memorial  is  in  the  form  of  a  Greek  temple,  done  in  white  marble,  and 
having  as  its  central  object  of  interest,  an  heroic  bronze  of  Lincoln  by  Daniel  Chester 
French.  The  building  is  by  Kenry  Barnard.  This  temple  has  a  magnificent  approach.  This 
memorial  outranks  all  the  other  memorials  in  the  nation's  capital,  with  the  possible  excep- 
tion  of  the  Washington  monument.  It  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  $3,000,000.  In  addition,  the 
city  has  at  least  four  other  recognized  Lincoln  memorials. 

At  the  birthplace  there  are,  in  fact,  two  memorials.  One  is  a  seated  figure  of  Lincoln,  done 
by  Adolph  A.  Weinman.  This  stands  in  the  public  square.  The  other  is  a  temple  of  white 
marble,  having  some  slight  resemblance  to  the  one  in  Washington,  and  covering  a  log 
cabin,  believed  to  be  the  one  in  which  the  President  was  born.  This  memorial,  which  cost 
in  excess  of  $400,000,  was  paid  for  by  friends  throughout  the  nation,  as  the  result  of  a 
movement  inaugurated  by  Collier's  magazine.  It  was  dedicated  in  1909. 

Springfield,  which  prepared  to  receive  its  honored  dead,  shortly  after  the  assassination, 
has  an  imposing  monument  on  the  top  of  a  knoll  in  the  principal  cemetery.  While  there  are 
decorative  and  symbolical  bronzes  and  a  figure  of  Lincoln,  it   is  the  tall,  white 

shaft,  a  true  obelisk,  that  is  the  out' 
standing  feature.  Lincoln  G.  Mead 
designed  this  monument  which  was 
dedicated  in  1871.  A  very  large  portion 
of  the  cost  of  this  memorial  was  borne 
by  Union  soldiers. 


Copy  of  the  Chicago  St. 
Gaudens  statue  of  Liw 
coin,  which  the  English 
have  erected  in  the  shadow 
of  Westminster  Abbey, 
London. 


In  addition,  Springfield  has  a  fine  bronze 
of  Lincoln  near  the  State  House,  a 
recent  effort  by  Andrew  O'Connor.  It 
is  one  of  the  few  beardless  Lincolns 
that  have  been  done. 

Chicago,  where  Lincoln  was  nominated 
for  the  presidency,  divides  with  Wash' 
ington  the  honor  of  having  the  largest 
number  of  Lincoln  memorials.  Two  are 
of  outstanding  importance.  Both  are 
by  Augustus  St.  Gaudens,  whom  most 
authorities  assign  to  the  position  of 
America's  greatest  sculptor  of  the  last 
half-century. 


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The  earlier,  placed  in  Lincoln  Park,  unveiled  in  1887,  at  a  cost  of  $40,000  shows  Lincoln 
risen  from  a  chair,  as  about  to  address  a  multitude.  This  memorial  owes  its  existence  to  the 
generosity  of  Eli  Bates.  An  exact  copy  of  this,  except  for  the  semi-circular  base,  stands  in 
the  shadow  of  Westminster  Abbey,  London — a  testimonial  to  England's  good- will.  The 
second  St.  Gaudens1  Lincoln  is  in  Grant  Park,  a  colossal  figure,  designated  as  the  "Seated 
Lincoln"  to  distinguish  it  from  the  other.  This,  too,  was  a  gift.  It  was  provided  for  by 
John  Crerar,  at  a  cost  of  $100,000. 

Another  Chicago  memorial  that  attracts  visitors'  attention  is  one  in  Garfield  Park,  by 
Charles  J.  Mulligan,  called  "The  Rail  Splitter,"  erected  in  1911.  It  is  one  of  the  few  figures 
which  shows  the  President  as  a  youth.  One  at  the  Stock  Yards  was  purchased  largely 
from  funds  given  by  school  children. 

As  Lincoln,  in  life,  was  the  subject  of  continual  criticism,  so  his  statues,  after  his  death, 
have  continued  to  invite  caustic  comment.  Of  none  was  this  more  true  than  the  heroic 
figure  done  by  George  Grey  Barnard.  The  original  stands  in  a  public  park  at  Cincinnati, 
the  gift  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  P.  Taft.  Its  cost  was  $50,000.  It  was  to  have  gone  to 
London,  England,  but  London  preferred  a  St.  Gaudens.  Manchester,  however,  was  glad 
to  have  a  replica  of  the  Cincinnati  figure  and  quite  recently  a  second  replica  has  been 
erected  at  Louisville.  To  the  Louisville  and  Hodgenville  memorials,  Kentucky  adds  a 
third,  a  more  than  life-size  figure 
done  in  bronze,  which  adorns  the 
rotunda  of  the  State  House  at 
Frankfort.  This  is  a  second  Wein- 
man work — standing,  while  the 
former  is  sitting. 


No  listing  of  Lincoln  memorials 
would  be  even  half  way  complete 
unless  it  included  one  done  by  that 
stormy  petrel  of  sculpture,  Gutzon 
Borglum.  His  Lincoln  is  at  Newark, 
New  Jersey.  It  shows  the  Presi- 
dent seated,  his  tall  hat  beside  him 
on  the  bench.  It  is  very  generally 
admired.  It  was  erected  in  1911,  at 
a  cost  of  $25,000.  Another  Borglum 
Lincoln,  in  marble,  is  in  Wash- 
ington. 

More  than  twenty-five  sculptors 
are  listed  as  having  an  accredited 
Lincoln  among  their  works.  Many 


The  seated  Lincoln  by 
St.  Gaudens,  which 
adorns  Grant  Par\, 
Chicago.  Unveiled 
May,  1926,  at  a  cost 
of  $100,000. 


Photo  by  Chicago  Histori 


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— Photo  by  Underwood  &  Underwood 

The  obelis\,  which  surmounts  the  tomb  of  Lincoln  at  Springfield,  Illinois. 


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—Photo  by  Underwood  &  Underwood 

Interior  of  the  beautiful  memorial  to  Abraham  Lincoln,  at  Washington.  Figure  by  French. 


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Proposed  memorial  to  Abraham  Lincoln  for  the  scene  of  the  burial  of  his  n 


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r  in  southern  Indiana,  as  conceived  by  the  architect,  Thomas  Hibben. 


— Photo  by  Indiana  Lincoln  Union 

Only  marker  Indiana 
has  ever  raised  to  the 
memory  of  Lincoln  s 
mother,  buried  in 
Spencer  County. 


have  been  duplicated,  or  copied.  The  one  designed  by  Charles 
H.  Niehaus,  for  Buffalo,  has  been  repeated  for  Muskegon, 
Michigan.  Henry  K.  Brown  did  one  Lincoln  for  New  York 
City,  where  it  is  almost  lost  in  the  swirl  of  traffic  about 
Union  Square,  and  another  at  Brooklyn,  where  its  setting 
brings  it  many  admirers.  Daniel  French,  whose  work  in 
Washington  has  won  the  world's  admiration,  has  a  second 
Lincoln  in  front  of  the  State  Capitol  at  Nebraska,  in  the  city 
which  by  its  name  also  perpetuates  the  memory  of  the  Great 
Emancipator. 

And  this  memorializing  of  Lincoln,  this  recognition  of  every 
place  he  has  been — saving  always  Indiana — and  some  he 
never  visited,  still  goes  on.  There  are  at  the  moment,  four 
Lincoln  memorials  under  way.  One  at  Urbana,  Illinois,  will 
show  what  Lorado  Taft,  the  great  living  authority  on  sculp- 
ture, believes  and  feels  about  Lincoln.  A  second  will  occupy 
a  commanding  corner  park  in  the  heart  of  Cleveland.  A 
third  will  be  in  Jersey  City.  The  fourth  is  at  San  Francisco. 
It  will  adorn  the  new  civic  center.  These  movements  have 
all  been  financed,  but  the  actual  work  has  not  been  completed. 

To  make  the  list  anything  like  comprehensive,  would  go  beyond  the  scope  of  this  effort. 

Boston  is  matched  by  Berkley;  Hartford  by  Tacoma.  The  battlefield  of  Gettysburg  where 

the  famous  oration  was  delivered;  Edinburgh,  Scotland, 

where  he  never  set  foot — both  have  beautiful  bronzes. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  where  he  twice  spoke  and  had  many 

political  supporters,  and  Omaha,  Nebraska, which  he  never 

visited,    both  have   marble  figures,   that  have  brought 

visitors  from  afar,  although  neither  ranks  with  those  men- 

tioned  earlier. 

And  what  about  Indiana? 

This  question,  dodged  for  a  number  of  years  has  of  late 
so  pressed  on  the  hearts  of  a  number  of  the  leading  citizens 
of  the  state,  that  they  have  resolved  that  Indiana,  which 
did  as  much  to  shape  the  career  of  Abraham  Lincoln  as 
any  other,  shall  not  be  without  its  shrine  to  his  memory. 
Those  hills,  sacred  to  the  boyhood  dreams  of  the  Emanci- 
pator; those  fields  and  woods  where  his  body  gained  its 
giant  strength  and  commanding  stature,  where  he  got  his 
first  knowledge  of  the  great  literature  of  the  world,  and 

— Photo  by  Indiana  Lincoln  Union 


Existing  marker  which 
shows  location  of  cabin 
where  Lincoln  lived  four' 
teen  years  in  southern 
Indiana. 


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Detail  of  Indiana  memorial,  showing  imposing  and  massive  tower  rising  from  its  center. 


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where  he  first  knew  joy  and  sorrow,  ambition  and  achievement,  have  an  appeal  that  ranks 
them  with  the  finest  opportunities  for  a  Lincoln  memorial  in  all  the  world. 

Already  at  the  site  of  the  original  Lincoln  farm  seventy  acres  have  been  acquired.  Land- 
scape artists,  engineers,  architects,  and  artists  are  combining  their  talent  in  a  proposal  that 
will  be  worthy  of  Lincoln  and  the  great  state  of  Indiana.  It  will  constitute  such  an  object 
ot  beauty  and  interest  that  people  will  come  from  all  the  world  to  see  it.  Close  to  the  Ohio 
River,  and  on  main  artery  highways,  reached  by  railroads  and  midway  between  Evansville 
and  French  Lick;  the  spot  seems  to  have  been  especially  endowed  by  Nature  with  every 
attribute  that  should  mark  a  popular  shrine. 

The  Indiana  Lincoln  Union  which  is  the  name  under  which  the  citizens  of  the  Hoosier 
State  are  operating,  invited  for  counsel  and  guidance  Frederick  Law  Olmsted  of  Brookline, 
Massachusetts,  nationally  known  landscape  artist,  and  Thomas  Hibben  of  New  York,  an 
architect  of  equal  renown,  to  suggest  plans  and  design  for  the  shrine  to  Lincoln  and  his 
mother,  which  will  be  erected  in  Spencer  County. 


Lincoln,  as  Charles  Mulligan 
pictures  him.  One  of  the  few 
statues  which  shows  Presi- 
dent as  a  youth.  This  memo- 
rial is  in  Garfield  Par\, 
Chicago. 


In  explaining  the  landscape  treatment  appropriate  to  the 
Lincoln  Memorial,  Mr.  Olmsted  expresses  himself  thus: 

"From  the  beginning,  it  was  plain  to  us  that  the  main  area,  the 
sanctuary  which  includes  the  site  of  Lincoln's  cabin  and  his  mother's 
grave,  should  be  freed  of  every  petty,  distracting,  alien,  self-assertive 
object.  For  that  reason,  the  present  state  highway  should  be  carried 
south  and  east  of  the  sanctuary.  The  branch  railroad  now  bisecting  it 
should  be  carried  east  and  north  of  it.  South  then  of  the  new  highway 
will  be  placed  the  service  area,  a  tract  of  land  perhaps  twenty  or 
thirty  acres  which  ministers  to  the  comfort  of  the  visitors,  a  spot  con- 
taining an  elaborate  edifice  for  the  purpose  of  holding  patriotic,  civic 
or  religious  meetings  and  also  provisions  to  take  care  of  the  ever- 
increasing  automobile  traffic.  All  vehicular  traffic  within  the  sanctuary, 
of  course,  is  excluded. 

"Furthermore,  in  this  spot,  provisions  will  be  made  for  the  occasional 
assembly  out  of  doors  under  dignified  and  satisfactory  conditions  of 
crowds  of  varying  size,  up  to  several  thousands,  to  listen  to  addresses 
and  take  part  in  exercises  appropriate  to  the  locality. 

"The  state  highway  thus  deflected  will  serve  not  only  as  a  physical 
but  also  a  spiritual  approach  to  the  shrine.  For  that  reason,  at  a  dis- 
tance of  several  miles  in  each  way,  strips  of  land  of  varying  width  will 
have  to  be  acquired  and  these  strips  so  far  as  they  are  bare  now,  must 
be  replanted." 

In  the  development  of  this  plan,  points  of  historic  interest 
contiguous  to  the  shrine  will  be  suitably  marked  and  even 
trees,  shrubs,  and  wild  flowers  will  be  selected  with 
a  view  to  their  historic  and  botanical  correctness. 


-Photo  by  Underwood  &  Underwood 


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Vista  which  the  landscape  artists  will  provide,  looking  from  the  central  plaza,  towards  the 
grave  of  J^ancy  Han\s  Lincoln,  just  beyond  the  gates. 


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— Photo  by  Louis  A.  Warren 

The  marble  memorial  erected  at  Hodgenville,  Kentucky,  to  cover  log  cabin 
where  Lincoln  is  believed  to  have  been  born.  Cost  over  $400,000. 

Mr.  Hibben,  who  was  originally  a  product  of  the  state  of  Indiana,  in  describing  the 
Memorial  Building,  which  is  to  be  part  of  the  shrine,  says  that  he  has  attempted  to  convey 
in  line  and  material  Lincoln's  character  as  the  world  knew  it. 

"Such  a  monument"  he  says,  "must  be  simple  and  pure  truth  of  structure,  expressing  in  its  form  all  that  we 
may  of  the  man  Lincoln.  We  have,  therefore,  conceived  this  memorial  as  such  a  monument  as  may  be  made  in 
the  same  simple  truth  of  structure  and  grandeur  of  scale  as  was  the  character  of  Lincoln.  In  no  way  is  any 
material  or  any  form  warped  from  its  natural  use  and  the  entire  structural  function  of  all  parts  is  immediately 
apparent  and  sound.  The  building  takes  the  form  of  a  series  of  four  quadrangular  courts  which  surround  the 
main  structure,  from  which  rises  a  carillon  tower.  These  courts  are  bounded  by  open  cloisters,  which  connect 
through  the  aerial  pylons.  Within  each  court  is  a  pool  with  flowers  and  ivy  on  the  walls.  Above  the  arches  of 
the  cloister,  there  runs  a  band  of  low  relief  sculpture,  which  takes  its  definition  out  of  the  natural  structure  of 
the  wall  itself  and  in  which  is  portrayed  the  birth  and  development  of  a  race.  The  vaulted  ceilings  and  the 
walls  of  the  cloister  are  treated  with  frescoes.  Through  the  arches  of  these  cloisters  are  countless  vistas  of  the 
other  courts,  of  the  pools,  and  of  the  tower  which  rises  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  above  them. 

"The  tower  is  pierced  with  long,  vertical  openings,  and  within  hang  great  chimes  that,  when  played,  will 
fill  the  whole  surrounding  area  with  music  and  fall  like  a  benediction  on  all  within.  Under  the  chimes  is  placed 
an  organ  for  those  occasions  of  celebrating  in  music  the  memory  which  we  here  symbolise.  On  each  side  of 
the  tower  is  an  enclosed  hall  with  high,  clear  windows  lighting  it  from  both  sides  and  on  the  walls  and  ceiling 
are  mural  paintings  in  character  with  the  building.  The  whole  group,  which  is  about  two  hundred  feet  in  each 
direction  and  of  sufficient  size  to  care  for  about  two  thousand  people  in  the  courts,  is  so  arranged  that  large 
groups  of  people  may  come  here,  and  in  the  peace  and  gentle  beauty  it  is  our  hope  to  create,  receive  new  in- 
spiration from  its  contact." 


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P/dn5  by  Frederic^  Law  Olmsted  /or  the  /andscapmg  0/  the  shrine  at  the  grave  of 
J^ancy  Han\s  Lincoln  in  Spencer  County. 


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-Photo  University  of  Illinois 


The  plans  contemplate  raising  the  sum  of  $1,265,000.  This 
will  provide  for  the  additional  land,  including  part  of 
Thomas  Lincoln  farm  and  site  of  the  log  cabin,  the  landscap- 
ing, the  design  and  erection  of  the  memorial  building, 
necessary  roads  and  also  the  moving  of  a  railroad,  which  at 
the  present  time  almost  bisects  the  land  which  is  to  be  parked. 

The  fame  of  Lincoln  mounts  year  by  year.  Literature  in- 
creases almost  daily.  The  Library  of  Congress  advises  that 
its  list  of  Lincolniana  published  in  1906  contained  1,062 
entries.  In  1924,  the  books  and  pamphlets  relating  to 
Lincoln  numbered  1,450.  Many  new  titles  have  been  added 
since  that  date.  Joseph  B.  Oakleaf,  in  1925,  published  a 
bibliography  of  Lincoln,  showing  1,576  entries. 

Comparing  Lincoln  with  Washington,  the  Library  of  Con- 
gress says:  "We  find  that  up  to  1907,  the  literature  about 
Washington  was  greater  than  Lincoln,  but  since  the  cen- 
tenary in  1909  the  amount  of  Lincoln  literature  produced 
each  year  has  been  far  greater  than  that  devoted  to  Wash- 
ington."'  At  the  present  time,  Lincoln  leads  all  Americans 
in  the  records  of  America's  greatest 
library. 


The  newest  Lincoln  by 
Lorado  Taft  at  Urbana 
near  University  of  Illinois 


Paintings,  bronzes,  plaques  and  medals 
in  great  numbers  have  been  devised. 
The  mimic  arts  have  paid  their  tribute. 
Plays  and  motion  pictures  have  brought  the  great  statesman  to  those 
who  may  take  their  history  and  their  patriotism  lightly.  They  must 
still  know  Lincoln.  And  they  do  know  Lincoln.  In  no  state  is  there 
greater  interest  than  in  Indiana.  Never  has 
there  been  so  much  interest  in  the  state,  as  now. 


The  time,  the  place,  and  the  object  seem  to  con- 
spire together  for  success.  To  the  time,  the 
place,  and  the  object,  there  has  now  come  a 
tremendous  popular  will  and  incentive.  The 
hour  has  struck  when  the  objective  is  to  be 
accomplished.  Indiana,  which  has  contributed 
so  much  to  the  total  sum  of  Lincoln's  great- 
ness, is  about  to  take  its  place  with  the  other 
states  which  have  shared  that  privilege  and 
like  them  to  do  herself  honor  in  honoring 
Abraham  and  his  mother,  Nancy  Hanks  Lincoln. 


Lincoln,  as  George  Grey 
Barnard  conceived  him. 
This  bronze  stands  in 
Cincinnati,  with  copies  in 
Louisville,  and  Manches- 
ter, England. 


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wood  &  Underwood 


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Done  for  the 

Indiana  Lincoln  Union 
in  the  interest  of  its 
work  to  perpetuate  worth' 
ily  the  fame  of  Abraham 
Lincoln  and  his  mother. 

Printed  in  Indianapolis 

in  September 

1927 


BOOKWALTER-BALLGRSATHOUSE     PRINTING  CO 
INDIANAPOLIS 


UNIVERSITY  OF  ILLINOIS-URBANA 

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LINCOLN  MEMORIALS .  IND 


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